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- Pass the --extract argument to the ATI installer so it creates the fglrx-install folder

- Replace the item downloaded from michaellarabel.com with the Fedora folder found in fglrx-install/Fedora/

- Change your working directory to fglrx-install.

- Run ./ati-installer.sh 8.33.6 --buildpkg Fedora/F7

- If you get a message about entering a patch location, just type firegl_public.c

NOTES:

- Fedora Core is no more... it's technically Fedora 7 and as a result it is --buildpkg Fedora/F7 and not Fedora/FC7.

- Still need to disable Composite in your xorg.conf as it is not supported by the fglrx drivers.

- The Fedora Desktop Effects are not currently supported by the fglrx drivers.

- The updated (F7T1 supportive) packaging scripts may appear with fglrx 8.34 display driver later this month. BUT there are currently 2.6.20 conflicts with 8.34 due to its firegl_public code using the old INIT_WORK and not the two-argument version. (Hopefully I'll have the time to code a patch shortly or that someone else writes a patch)

- I haven't yet tried it out with 64-bit F7T1 but will do so soon.

- With the Fedora Desktop spin it doesn't include any development tools or libraries... the easiest way to fix this is use yum or go to Applications > Add / Remove Software > and then select Development Tools and Development Libraries, etc...

- qt-devel 3.3.7 is needed to build fireglcontrolpanel.

Those are the basic notes at this time. As the final Fedora 7 release nears more information will come about and a more proper guide.

If you have any questions just post. Any testing of the packaging scripts are appreciated.

Some of you interested in Fedora 7 testing, if you're seriously interested in the testing, please private message me about possibly joining the AMD Beta program.

- Pass the --extract argument to the ATI installer so it creates the fglrx-install folder

- Replace the item downloaded from michaellarabel.com with the Fedora folder found in fglrx-install/Fedora/

- Change your working directory to fglrx-install.

- Run ./ati-installer.sh 8.33.6 --buildpkg Fedora/F7

- If you get a message about entering a patch location, just type firegl_public.c

NOTES:

- Fedora Core is no more... it's technically Fedora 7 and as a result it is --buildpkg Fedora/F7 and not Fedora/FC7.

- Still need to disable Composite in your xorg.conf as it is not supported by the fglrx drivers.

- The Fedora Desktop Effects are not currently supported by the fglrx drivers.

- The updated (F7T1 supportive) packaging scripts may appear with fglrx 8.34 display driver later this month. BUT there are currently 2.6.20 conflicts with 8.34 due to its firegl_public code using the old INIT_WORK and not the two-argument version. (Hopefully I'll have the time to code a patch shortly or that someone else writes a patch)

- I haven't yet tried it out with 64-bit F7T1 but will do so soon.

- With the Fedora Desktop spin it doesn't include any development tools or libraries... the easiest way to fix this is use yum or go to Applications > Add / Remove Software > and then select Development Tools and Development Libraries, etc...

- qt-devel 3.3.7 is needed to build fireglcontrolpanel.

Those are the basic notes at this time. As the final Fedora 7 release nears more information will come about and a more proper guide.

If you have any questions just post. Any testing of the packaging scripts are appreciated.

Some of you interested in Fedora 7 testing, if you're seriously interested in the testing, please private message me about possibly joining the AMD Beta program.

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This is not working for me -- By following your steps above, I enter the fglrx-install directory and run ./ati-install.sh 8.33.6 --buildpkg Fedora/F7 -- the error which occurs is: Generating package: Fedora/F7
Requested package is not supported.

Comment

I have Fedora 7 Test 1 working with the AMD fglrx 8.33.6 display driver.

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- I haven't yet tried it out with 64-bit F7T1 but will do so soon.

...
Some of you interested in Fedora 7 testing, if you're seriously interested in the testing, please private message me about possibly joining the AMD Beta program.

Michael,

I tried to build the ATI drivers for my 64bit platform. However, I am getting the "dreaded" fireglcontrol not found. Do I need the 32bit qt-3.3.7 libraries to build it? The old trick of linkng the lib to lib64 did not solve this issue as it has previously for me.

Comment

I installed the same X development libraries, development tools, and X development libraries (from the Add/Remove Software just clicking on them). Then I yum'd qt-devel.

With the above output was this after you deleted the fireglcontrolpanel from the script or didn't you do that yet? If you do, be sure to delete the fireglcontrolpanel lines from the SPEC file otherwise it will produce the same error.

Comment

I installed the same X development libraries, development tools, and X development libraries (from the Add/Remove Software just clicking on them). Then I yum'd qt-devel.

With the above output was this after you deleted the fireglcontrolpanel from the script or didn't you do that yet? If you do, be sure to delete the fireglcontrolpanel lines from the SPEC file otherwise it will produce the same error.

I have not deleted the fireglcontrolpanel from the script. Just so I am clear, which files should I modify? I am guessing - component-config.h and ATI-fglrx-spec-tmpl?